Rebuilding the Web We Lost

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There are a few starting points, building on conversations we’ve been having for years. Let’s look at the responsibilities we must accept if we’re going to return the web to the values that a generation of creators cared about. </p></blockquote> <p>Color me inspired and ready to jump backing to putting into practice the principles I’ve been professing for so many years. It’s time to stop talking and (re)start doing.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-utility"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130116120836/https://willnorris.com/2012/12/rebuilding-the-web-we-lost"><time datetime="2012-12-18T17:58:17+00:00" title="2012-12-18T17:58:17+00:00" class="entry-date">December 18, 2012</time></a>. 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